Volver by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)47
editions published
between
2006
and
2012
in
4
languages
and held by
2,102 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The central focus in Volver is a family of women: mother and grandmother Irene, her daughters Raimunda and Sole, and Raimunda's
14-year-old daughter Paula. Irene is dead: She died with the girls' father in a fire many years ago in their birth village
in La Mancha. Raimunda lives in Madrid with Paula and her shiftless husband, who is malevolent, irrelevant, or absent. Separated
Sole runs an unlicensed beauty parlor in her apartment. Their old aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and speaks about
her sister Irene as if she were still alive. When the aunt dies, some things change, many things return, and Raimunda's troubles
become extremely complicated. She bustles through them with passionate determination, a hard-working woman pulled in fifty
directions, making a life for her family, reveling in every emotion but self-pity

All about my mother = Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)55
editions published
between
1999
and
2009
in
Spanish and English
and held by
2,056 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when
tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles

Hable con ella = Talk to her by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)32
editions published
between
2002
and
2009
in
Spanish and French
and held by
1,573 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women

Relatos salvajes = Wild tales by Damián Szifron(
Visual
)16
editions published
between
2014
and
2015
in
Spanish
and held by
1,121 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Vulnerable in the face of a reality that shifts and suddenly turns unpredictable, the characters cross the thin line that
divides civilization and barbarism. A lover's betrayal, a return to the repressed past and the violence woven into everyday
encounters drive the characters to madness as they cede to the undeniable pleasure of losing control

La mala educación = Bad education by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)26
editions published
between
2004
and
2009
in
Spanish and English
and held by
1,073 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Filmmaker Enrique (Fele Martínez) gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Ignacio, who has
written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer known as Zahara attempts
to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. The tale provides the inspiration for Enrique's next film.
But when the villainous priest from their school days arrives to tell his own version of the events, the truth is wilder than
anything anyone could have imagined

Los abrazos rotos = Broken embraces by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)12
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
Spanish
and held by
1,069 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Pedro Almódovar's acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema. When her father becomes gravely ill, beautiful Lena consents
to a relationship with her boss Ernesto Martel. An extremely wealthy and much-older man, he pays for her father's hospitalisation
and provides her a lavish lifestyle. Lena's dream, however, is to act and she soon falls for the director of her first film
- a project bankrolled by her jealous husband to keep her near. Upon his discovery of the affair, Ernesto stops at nothing
to ruin Lena's happiness

The skin I live in = La piel que habito by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)41
editions published
between
2011
and
2013
in
Spanish and English
and held by
1,009 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has wanted to create a new skin
with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he cultivates a skin that is a real shield against every assault.
Now, besides the years of study and experimentation, the unscrupulous doctor needs to find an accomplice, and a human guinea
pig. Marrilia, the woman who looked after him from birth, is his most faithful accomplice. But where will they find the human
pig?

El Espinazo del Diablo = The Devil's backbone by Guillermo del Toro(
Visual
)20
editions published
between
2001
and
2008
in
Spanish and English
and held by
980 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still
seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber." So says Casares,
but ten-year-old Carlos disagrees. Thanks to the Civil War, Carlos his arrived at the desolate Santa Lucia School, now a makeshift
shelter for war orphans, where an unexploded bomb rests in the courtyard. More frightening are the odd things keep happening
to Carlos - he sees strange shadows, hears voices, and at night he is being visited by the "One Who Sighs."

Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)9
editions published
between
2016
and
2017
in
Spanish
and held by
829 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antia. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antia's father and Julieta's
husband. At times, grief doesn't bring people closer, it drives them apart

La flor de mi secreto = The flower of my secret by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)26
editions published
between
1995
and
2008
in
Spanish and English
and held by
742 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Leo writes romance novels - but with a loveless marriage, she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a tough and
gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart of gold. When their paths cross, they discover something neither had expected
- a real-life love affair"--Container

Carne trémula by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)35
editions published
between
1997
and
2009
in
3
languages
and held by
668 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
When Victor attempts to seduce wealthy junkie, Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a six year ticket to prison. After his
release he is haunted by the years he has lost and he wants vengeance

The secret life of words by Isabel Coixet(
Visual
)10
editions published
between
2005
and
2008
in
English and Spanish
and held by
647 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Hannah, a recluse who wears a hearing aid, is forced by her employer to take a vacation. On holiday she finds a job on an
oil rig caring for Josef, a burn victim who has temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is
stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at
sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence

La ley del deseo = Law of desire by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)28
editions published
between
1987
and
2010
in
Spanish
and held by
564 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Cocaine-snorting homosexual hedonist writer-director Pablo Quintero is bereft because his boyfriend Juan has just moved out.
Pablo meets Antonio at a party, and they share a few passionate nights, but Antonio soon proves far too clingy for Pablo's
taste. All hell breaks loose when Antonio comes across a sad, yearning love note from Juan, which ignites in Antonio a bonfire
of jealous possessiveness. Pablo's transsexual sister Tina and her daughter Ada get involved in the mess as well. None of
their lives will ever be the same because of this tragic unrequited love triangle

La mujer sin cabeza = The headless woman by Lucrecia Martel(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2009
in
Spanish
and held by
551 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road when she becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following
this jarring incident, she becomes dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes
obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in
the area and everything returns to normal, until a gruesome discovery is made"--Container

La niña santa by Lucrecia Martel(
Visual
)4
editions published
in
2005
in
Spanish
and held by
513 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Dr. Jano is speaking at a medical convention at an Argentinean hotel well past its prime. He is attracted to Helena, single
mother and co-owner of the hotel. Amalia, Helena's teenage daughter, is starting to explore both her faith and her sexuality,
spending much of her time with her best friend Josephina. In their imaginations, the girls tend to conflate the erotic, the
religious, and the lurid. Then Dr. Jano makes an anonymous sexual advance towards Amalia in public, and sets in motion a chain
of events that will have serious consequences for all of them

Atame! = Tie me up/Tie me down! by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)31
editions published
between
1989
and
2017
in
Spanish and English
and held by
485 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A comedy in which an orphaned mental patient kidnaps a porn star in an irrationally inspired bid for love

I'm so excited! by Pedro Almodóvar(
Visual
)18
editions published
between
2013
and
2014
in
Spanish and English
and held by
447 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A mechanical failure on a plane flying to Mexico City is endangering the lives of the passengers aboard. As the pilots attempt
to fix the error, the attendants attempt to assist the passengers, and the passengers have a catharsis of emotion that helps
them escape the idea of death

My life without me by Isabel Coixet(
Visual
)19
editions published
between
2002
and
2014
in
English and Spanish
and held by
420 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A young woman is dying from cancer, so she decides to live her life with a passion and zest she has never known before

El espinazo del diablo = Devil's backbone(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2013
in
Spanish
and held by
381 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"One of the most personal film by Guillermo del Toro ... is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during
the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father
is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story, murder
mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish melange that, like his later Pan's Labyrinth, reminds us the scariest monsters
are often the human ones"--Container